34-year-old Sean Cassidy from Swan Lane, Hillfields, admitted to drink-driving in Sky Blue Way, driving without care and attention, and driving without insurance. Cassidy was drink-driving with a breath of 49 where the limit is 35. He received a 14-month ban from driving, was fined £140 and ordered to pay £135 court costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Michael Cirino, aged 35 from Harnell Lane in Hillfields, pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation from selling an iPod without the right to do so, and three counts of handling stolen goods. Cirino received a 12-week prison sentence suspended for a year, 200 hours unpaid work, and he was ordered to pay £290 compensation.